Killing Dragons
Subtitle: The Conquest of the Alps
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: March 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780802138675
Subjects: Sports & Recreation; History: World; History; History - General History; General; Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering; Modern - 19th Century; Mountaineering
First sentence: In 1541 the naturalist Conrad Gesner made an extraordinary decision.